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- Sydney - September 2008 - A journey with friends
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Opera House at night
I had an extremely busy September with two conference deadlines including the ICC2009. Also, a research group on network coding for sensor networks at Telecomlab (USYD) has just been established with four members: Dr. Yonghui, Dr. Zihuai, Mr. Kun and I. We set up a weekly meeting for discussion. Even I felt excited about this new research field, material preparation for the discussion meeting took lots of my time.
After exhausting days, I granted myself one week vacation - a short but memorable journey with friends.
Sept. 27 - Sept. 28 (Melbourne)
I took a flight in the early morning of Saturday to Avalon, a small airport in the South of Melbourne, to visit one of my best friends who I hadn't met for a long time. N waited for me at the airport, then took me around the city of Geelong on his car before we got back to Melbourne. During the journey, we recalled stories in the past as well as updated information of old friends. I was really happy for N to find himself settling down in this area, and was happy for one more thing... After I dropped my luggage at N's house, we went out for some activities including playing table tennis - a favorite sport of our high school's class in the past. N wanted me to feel relaxed when I came to Melbourne and I indeed had relaxing time. I stayed at N's place drinking bottles of beer while watching movies until both of us felt into sleep. I left Melbourne early the next morning back to Sydney... for another journey.
Sept. 28 - Oct. 4 (Sydney)
After two months living in Sydney, I haven't visited many famous sightseeing spots of this city. Since I had an appointment with friends from Japan (VA, MH, DT, DH) to come here for travelling. We had a full week of fun and laughs. We visited many interesting places (Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Blue Moutains...). We drove on Australian highway to Canberra. We enjoyed international cuisines (Australia, China, Italy and Vietnamese). We experienced swimming in the cold water of the Coogee beach. And we also enjoyed an unforgettable opera at Sydney Opera House.
Here are some pictures of the journey.
September at Sydney
Monday - Sydney Opera House 
Monday - Sydney Opera House No.2 
Monday - Sydney Opera House No.3 
Tuesday - Tomah Botanical Garden 
Tuesday - Blue Mountains 
Wednesday - Taronga Zoo 
Thursday - Floriade (Canberra) 
Thursday - Floriade (Canberra) No.2 
Thursday - Floriade (Canberra) No.3 
Thursday - Floriade (Canberra) No.4 
Friday - USYD campus 
Friday - USYD campus No.2 
Friday - USYD campus No.3 
Friday - Coogee beach
Tags: australia, sydney, journey, friend, 2008, september Saturday October 4, 2008 - 09:24am (PDT) Permanent Link | 13 Comments - Sydney - one month review
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My house
More than a month I have stayed in this city - Sydney. Just put here some few words to summarize what I did, what I experienced. Sometimes in the future, when I look back to the past, I can recall such a memorial time.
After a month living here, I can say that I've already got acquainted to the life here. I'm now sharing a house with some other friends from Australia, Taiwan and Germany. I have my own room. But we share two bathrooms, one kitchen, one laundry room and a backyard. Different from Japan, house sharing is common in Australia, especially among students. But it's good, at least at the point that we have chances to make conversation with international friends. Since I came here, I've started to cook again, since eating out is quite expensive. Moreover, Sydney is a city of mixing communities including Vietnamese. It's not hard to find a shop selling Vietnamese foods or vegetables.
There is so many differences between the two cities: Tokyo and Sydney. Public transportation in here is not as good as in Tokyo. Train and bus are two main means of transportation. However, train does not cover so many areas as in Japan, and especially in the weekend, many train lines are stopped for economic reasons. You'd better own your car if you want to live in this city. The second point is that people in this country love to relax more than to work. They call it the balance of life. People do not stay late at their office, just leave around 6pm. Working hard is sometimes considered inefficient way of working. Many people find this country an easy place to live, a good place to settle down.
Here is my schedule every week. During weekdays, I go to school to do my research. I wake up early in the morning to have my breakfast and prepare for the lunch. At 8:15, a Chinese guy in my lab comes to pick me up, since my house is on the way he goes to school. I sometimes go swimming at school. Water sports is quite common in this country. And the pool of the University of Sydney is incredibly great since it was used for practice of athletes in the past Olympics event. I often leave the lab around 6pm, come home and have my dinner. On the weekend, I almost have appointments with friends I know in Sydney. And four over five, I hanged out with MQH family.
1st weekend --> Marrickville, East Coast (MQH)
2nd weekend --> Bankstown and Japanese restaurant (MQH + KA)
3rd weekend --> a Chinese friend in lab invited me to his house. He cooked many types of dumblings for me.
4th weekend --> Blue Mountain (MQH)
5th weekend --> New house party of Mr. Hong at Ashfield (MQH)
Today, I went to a new house party of a senior friend in Japan. After his graduation for PhD degree in Japan, he moved to Sydney with his family last year. Now, he's working for Australian government and has just bought his house. Australia is so open a country which allows you to settle down quite fast. Buying car and house in just one and half a year! At this party, I met several friends who also immigrated from Japan: MQH, DKT etc. It was a great time since we gathered at the backyard of the house for a barbecue party. Just a question in my mind: in Japan, how long does it take until the time you own your house with a big backyard to invite your friends to come for a barbecue party?
Many things to write, but time is running out. Tomorrow, I have a research meeting. Now go for preparing materials.
I'll update later. Just put some pictures here.
Blue Mountains 
Xoa đầu Kangaroo 
Chơi với Koala 
Cho kangaroo ănTags: sydney, 2008, kangaroo, review, koala Sunday September 7, 2008 - 04:33am (PDT) Permanent Link | 8 Comments - Thảo luận về du học Nhật Bản (My 1st experience to be on TV)
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Last week, I got a DVD sent from Japan. It was a Japanese TV talk show of NHK called Debate(on air Aug. 3rd). The talk show mainly discussed about the next two topics:
1. How the Japanese government should do to increase the number of overseas students to Japan?***
2. Education & policy reformation at Japanese universities. (日本大学改革)
I played a quite small role in the show as an audience; however, it was a great chance to learn the way NHK making a TV show (quite professional ---> 3 hours of continuous recording without any mistakes for 90 mins on air), hear discussion about university and overseas student policies, and my 1st time to be on TV.
Here, I want to write a small essay about what I feel.
Ngày nay, trong bối cảnh quốc tế hóa toàn cầu, các quốc gia phát triển nói chung đang cạnh tranh gay gắt nhằm thu hút nguồn du học sinh nước ngoài đến du học tại quốc gia họ. Đối với các quốc gia phát triển, chính sách này là mũi tên bắn trúng nhiều đích: giải quyết bài toán kinh tế của các trường đại học mà hiện tại chủ yếu hoạt động trên vốn tự phí của nhà trường thông qua học phí của du học sinh nước ngoài, tăng chất lượng nghiên cứu của trường đại học đồng nghĩa với việc tăng tên tuổi và các nguồn đầu tư dành cho trường thông qua việc thu hút được các du học sinh ưu tú, sản sinh cho ngành công nghiệp nước sở tại người lao động có trình độ và ngoại ngữ thu hút được từ những quốc gia khác.Further information can be found in the following discussion which I posted on google video. Coryright belongs to NHK. The memo of the first part of this DVD can be found here.You can find me speaking in the second video clip (6:15~)
Số lượng du học sinh du học tại các quốc gia phát triển có chiều hướng gia tăng trong những năm vừa qua, đạt đến con số 2.7 triệu du học sinh trong năm 2008. Trong tổng số đó, du học sinh du học tại Mỹ chiếm 20%, kế tiếp là tại các quốc gia trong khối EU. Trung Quốc, vừa chứng tỏ mình là một nước lớn qua thế vận hội thể thao 2008, cũng đã sớm nhận ra "món hời béo bở" từ nguồn du học sinh quốc tế. Ngoài các chính sách thu hút du học sinh Trung Quốc quay trở về cống hiến cho tổ quốc, chính phủ Trung Quốc còn chú trọng đến vấn đề thu hút du học sinh nước ngoài, và nhờ vào chính sách này, đầu năm 2008, lần đầu tiên Trung Quốc vượt qua Nhật về số lượng du học sinh.
Nhật Bản không bỏ cuộc trong cuộc canh tranh về chất xám. Chính phủ Nhật lập tức ra chính sách "khai quốc" cho năm 2008 với mục tiêu đạt được con số 300.000 lưu học sinh cho tới năm 2020. Mặc dù còn đang phải đau đầu với nhiều bài toán hóc búa về cải cách giáo dục, về vấn đề việc làm của tiến sỹ sau khi ra trường cũng như những vấn đề xã hội khác, liệu chính phủ Nhật có đủ sức tạo một chính sách hấp dẫn du học sinh để đạt được con số mục tiêu nêu trên? Trước khi mổ xẻ bài toán của nước Nhật, chúng ta hãy cùng xem tình hình tại các quốc gia lớn khác.
Nước Mỹ tự hào với tổng số 20% du học sinh của toàn thế giới. Nguyên nhân ở đây là khá rõ: các trường đại học tại Mỹ có sức hấp dẫn cao, và do đó, có nguồn kinh phí lớn dành cho nghiên cứu khoa học. Chính phủ và trường Đại học Mỹ cũng tạo điều kiện tối đa để thu hút và giữ chân lưu học sinh sau khi ra trường như cung cấp thị thực lao động một năm cho sinh viên sau tốt nghiệp, thành lập các trung tâm giới thiệu việc làm cho du học sinh. Tại châu Âu, cộng đồng khối EU không chỉ liên kết về kinh tế, chính trị mà đang cố gắng tạo một môi trường giáo dục chung cho toàn châu Âu. Đây cũng là sức hấp dẫn đối với lưu học sinh khi đến với EU, đặc biệt với các chế độ hoán đổi tín chỉ, hợp tác nghiên cứu giữa các trường đai học trong khối EU.
Nhật Bản thiếu quá nhiều cái để có thể thu hút được lưu học sinh. Các trường đại học ở Nhật chưa có đủ sức hấp dẫn, chính phủ Nhật chưa phát nhiều tín hiệu đến các quốc gia có nguồn lưu học sinh, giá cả ở Nhật đắt đỏ, thiếu chính sách hỗ trợ về nhà cửa và học bổng, rào cản về ngôn ngữ, không có nhiều cơ hội tìm việc sau khi tốt nghiệp ra trường, và một vấn đề tối quan trọng khác đó là sự thiếu cởi mở của xã hội Nhật với người nước ngoài. Một khi không giải quyết được các vấn đề trên, không có một chính sách được thống nhất bởi nhiều cơ quan chính phủ bao gồm bộ giáo dục, bộ lao động và các tập đoàn kinh tế, việc đạt được con số 300.000 du học sinh của Nhật là rất khó khăn.
Trong khi các nước lớn trên thế giới đang giành giựt nguồn nhân tài của các quốc gia khác, Trung Quốc có các chính sách hỗ trợ du học sinh Trung Quốc quay về nước lập nghiệp, Singapore gửi đi và nhận về du học sinh quốc gia mình, Việt Nam cần phải làm gì để quản lý bài toán về nhân lực, bài toán về chảy máu chất xám, để trở thành một quốc gia lớn trong tương lai?
TGK (2008/08/28)
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Tags: tv, nhk, debate, duhoc, giaoduc, ykien Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 08:22am (PDT) Permanent Link | 5 Comments - The 6th day in Australia - The first weekend
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I had a great day hanging out with friends on my first weekend in Australia. MQH, who has just moved his job from Japan to Australia lately, and his wife were so kind to take me a ride through some famous spots at Sydney. In the morning, we went to Marrickville, a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney. Marrickville is one of three suburbs in Sydney with high density of Vietnamese residents. The other two are Bankstown and Cabramatta. However, Marrickville is nearest to the central city. In Marrickville, there are many Vietnamese shops which sell Vietnamese foods, vegetables, fruits, desserts etc. There is hardly anything you can buy in Vietnam but cannot buy here. The price is also reasonable enough that I wish there is the same shopping mall like this in Japan. There are also Vietnamese restaurants with attractive menus. One of those stopped the three of us for hot and delicious bowls of "BUN CHA CA".
We left Marrickville and drove toward the southern town of Sydney. The driving course today was along the east coast of Sydney, which starts from La Perouse and ends at Watsons Bay. It was a time taking but worthy driving course through many well-known beaches of the city: La Perouse, Marouba, Coogee, Bondi Beach and Watsons Bay. I was quite impressed by the natural richness of this city. Seen from the window of the car, it looked like a picture with multiple colors: the emerald blue of the sea, the green color of grass fields, imposing brown cliffs and crystal clear sky. Several times, we stopped the car and came close to the seaside. Sea water was so clean and clear that the bottom of the sea can be seen. Sea waves softly clapped on rocks and left there absolutely white foams. A fisherman slowly pulled up his rod and grabbed a small fish. Out in the shore, there were some wave surfers and divers.
The final stop of today's driving course was Watsons Bay. There are restaurants at the small bay and these restaurants were filled with people. They might come here to enjoy the fresh climate of the bay while having lunch and conversation with friends. We walked toward the yacht dock in the middle of the bay. A part of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and some outstanding skyscrapers could be seen from here.
From Watsons Bay, we drove back to the city, passing through many luxurious villas on both sides of the road. After MQH stopped his car near the Central Station, we walked toward the China Town. Various products are merchandised here. Big and cheap. Living in Sydney seems to be better than in Tokyo, in terms of foods and fruits.
5h45, I said goodbye to the couple and ran to the Central Station to catch a train to Stanmore. This evening, I had another appointment with KA. KA took me to her flat from the station. While KA was making dinner in the kitchen, I talked with her boyfriend about life and job in Sydney and Tokyo. Afterward, we sat around, had dinner and talked together. Thank KA for cooking Vietnamese dishes. 8h45, I had to leave as it seemed to be late. The couple sent me to the bus stop.
Living in Sydney, I seem to have more time to enjoy my life. And tomorrow, I have an appointment to go to the Fish Market.
I'll keep blogging!!!
Aug 9th, 2008 @ Sydney
Tags: sydney, mqh, ka Saturday August 9, 2008 - 08:33am (PDT) Permanent Link | 4 Comments - The 4th day in Australia
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There are two most powerful and famous female scientists in the field of wireless communications: Professor Branka Vucetic (University of Sydney) and Professor Andrea Goldsmith (Standford University). Professor Branka Vucetic is currently the Head of the School of Electrical and Information Engineering and the Director of the Telecommunications Laboratory at Sydney University. In the past decade she worked on a number of industry sponsored projects in wireless communications and mobile Internet. She has taught a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education courses worldwide. She is an IEEE Fellow. Professor Vucetic published four books and more than two hundred papers in telecommunications journals and conference proceedings. You may have read her books:Turbo Codes: Principles and Applications Satellite Communications: Mobile and Fixed Services
Space-Time Coding
Spread Spectrum Cdma Systems for Wireless Communications I'll keep blogging!!...
I'm really happy that today, I was with the author of one of the books I like, on the same table for a lunch. Next to me is Dr. Yonghui Li. He is also a famous person. He is the author of more than 25 journal papers, owner of 4 patents about channel estimation etc. Now, he is Australian Queen Elizabeth II Fellow.
I was a little nervous to talk with them. However, Prof. Vucetic as well as Dr. Yonghui Li were quite friendly. They talked with me about everything, even their financial problems. During the conversation today, I learnt a lot about the university system, funding stuff etc. Maybe I will write another entry about these things.
In the next three months, I will do research under the supervision of Prof. Vucetic. I hope everything's gonna be allright. I found people in Australia are quite friendly, also students in the lab. I will write about these guys in another entry.
Tomorrow, there is a show called V-nite at the campus of the University of Sydney. The show is to introduce Vietnam's people and culture to international students. I'll go to the show and hope to see a lot of fun there.
Aug, 7th 2008 @ Sydney.Tags: sydney, branka, yonghui, research Thursday August 7, 2008 - 07:27am (PDT) Permanent Link | 3 Comments
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